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Jonathan Pike · March 4th, 2004, 08:31 PM

If you're bored and looking for something to watch, check this out!

My buddy and I recently made a film using our XL1s, Premiere 6.5, After Effects 5.5, and a tiny tiny bit of Lightwave.

Most of the stuff you'll see here, however, is practical fx - we built and shot all sets, props, and miniatures from scratch using spare parts and junk we found in the trash.

Here are some screens:

http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/scope_sm.jpg
http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/launchprep_sm.jpg
http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/vitri_sm.jpg
http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/silo_sm.jpg

Anyway, the movie's called "The Siberian Farce", and it's about a crazed merc for hire who has to save the world from a Soviet missle. Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD:

The Siberian Farce (Download from list of Mirrors)

Nicholi Brossia · March 4th, 2004, 10:40 PM

That movie rocks, plain and simple. I'm a big fan of anything with ninja, and that movie has all kinds of ninja :).
On a more technical note, it was great. You did a great job building suspense/intrigue before revealing what was going on. Also, excellent job on the props, sets, and effects... (was that a t-shirt ninja inspired facemask http://www.houseofninja.com/lessons.php?)

"The Siberian Farce" is definately going into my "good movies" folder. Great job. Very funny.

John Hudson · March 5th, 2004, 12:53 AM

Great work! I love it. Very creative and guerilla style. Man I am a sucker for anything like this. Also watched Operation Theta and that too was very cool!

I have bookmarked your webpage and look forward to more work from sundevil.

The props, CG and sound kick arse. Too bad you couldnt use a DVX.

Gino Terribilini · March 5th, 2004, 01:28 AM

ha, that was awesome. I loved the little twist at the end. It was shot very well and had a great story. Again, great job... keep it up! i look forward to seeing more from you.

Rob Lohman · March 5th, 2004, 06:41 AM

It's looking great.

Kyle Kauss · March 5th, 2004, 10:08 AM

It's shot pretty well dude I liked it keep making them

Marty Martin · March 5th, 2004, 12:05 PM

Personally, I felt it to be overall humorous ,and obviously some good effort went into it. But I felt like after a minute, the film just drug on and on. But the end redeemed itself and I couldn't help but chuckle. The end is what definitely made it for me.

As for people saying it reminded them of Outpost Theta... I personally did not like Outpost Theta AT ALL... This one, though a bit sluggish at times, was worth the watch.

Jonathan Pike · March 5th, 2004, 02:10 PM

Thanks everyone for watching, we very much appreciate it!

Kevin Lee · March 5th, 2004, 08:32 PM

tastefully done.
One suggestion though...
The end. I think you can afford to drop the home videocam "recording" text and white frame. It's obvious and should work without it.

Alex Taylor · March 6th, 2004, 12:39 PM

Haha, nice twist at the end! Beautiful XL1 stuff too.

Jonathan Pike · March 6th, 2004, 03:56 PM

I'm currently out of bandwith, so if you want to watch you can either try one of the mirrors here:

http://www.sundevilpictures.com/farce.htm

or watch a lower qual version on Ifilm here:

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2533744

Thanks again :)

John Gaspain · March 7th, 2004, 01:42 AM

OMFG! that was hilarious!

Graham Bernard · March 7th, 2004, 02:53 AM

Tooo Bl@@DY G@@D! !! ! I loved the Soviet "hitting" the side of the monitor to make it work . . AHAHAH LOL!! . . Very funny .. and the sound that came out of the speaker as he hit it . . GREAT! . . A lot of detail .. . intelligently thought out . .excellent . . FAB twist at the end! .. Sequel? ? ? ?

Grazie

Seth Peterson · March 7th, 2004, 02:19 PM

Thanks again everyone for watching. If you like it, pass it on to a friend. My partner and I really appreciate it.

Neboysha Nenadich · March 8th, 2004, 06:12 AM

I loved the film, keep on rockin'... :) only critic from me is that the overall rhythm of the movie is a little bit slow (for my taste)...

cheers
;)

March 4th, 2004, 08:31 PM	#1
Jonathan Pike New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 17	Check out this movie I made If you're bored and looking for something to watch, check this out! My buddy and I recently made a film using our XL1s, Premiere 6.5, After Effects 5.5, and a tiny tiny bit of Lightwave. Most of the stuff you'll see here, however, is practical fx - we built and shot all sets, props, and miniatures from scratch using spare parts and junk we found in the trash. Here are some screens: http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/scope_sm.jpg http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/launchprep_sm.jpg http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/vitri_sm.jpg http://www.sundevilpictures.com/media/silo_sm.jpg Anyway, the movie's called "The Siberian Farce", and it's about a crazed merc for hire who has to save the world from a Soviet missle. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD: The Siberian Farce (Download from list of Mirrors)

March 4th, 2004, 10:40 PM	#2
Nicholi Brossia Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 389	That movie rocks, plain and simple. I'm a big fan of anything with ninja, and that movie has all kinds of ninja :). On a more technical note, it was great. You did a great job building suspense/intrigue before revealing what was going on. Also, excellent job on the props, sets, and effects... (was that a t-shirt ninja inspired facemask http://www.houseofninja.com/lessons.php?) "The Siberian Farce" is definately going into my "good movies" folder. Great job. Very funny. __________________ Nicholi Brossia

March 5th, 2004, 06:41 AM	#5
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March 6th, 2004, 12:39 PM	#10
Alex Taylor Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 390	Haha, nice twist at the end! Beautiful XL1 stuff too. __________________ alextaylor.org

March 7th, 2004, 01:42 AM	#12
John Gaspain Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: WA-USA Posts: 371	OMFG! that was hilarious! __________________ The glory of the World passes by.

March 5th, 2004, 12:53 AM	#3
John Hudson Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: 32° 44' N 117° 10' W Posts: 820	Great work! I love it. Very creative and guerilla style. Man I am a sucker for anything like this. Also watched Operation Theta and that too was very cool! I have bookmarked your webpage and look forward to more work from sundevil. The props, CG and sound kick arse. Too bad you couldnt use a DVX.

March 5th, 2004, 01:28 AM	#4
Gino Terribilini Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 91	ha, that was awesome. I loved the little twist at the end. It was shot very well and had a great story. Again, great job... keep it up! i look forward to seeing more from you.

March 5th, 2004, 10:08 AM	#6
Kyle Kauss Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 114	It's shot pretty well dude I liked it keep making them

March 5th, 2004, 12:05 PM	#7
Marty Martin Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 116	Personally, I felt it to be overall humorous ,and obviously some good effort went into it. But I felt like after a minute, the film just drug on and on. But the end redeemed itself and I couldn't help but chuckle. The end is what definitely made it for me. As for people saying it reminded them of Outpost Theta... I personally did not like Outpost Theta AT ALL... This one, though a bit sluggish at times, was worth the watch.

March 5th, 2004, 02:10 PM	#8
Jonathan Pike New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 17	Thanks everyone for watching, we very much appreciate it!

March 5th, 2004, 08:32 PM	#9
Kevin Lee Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 224	tastefully done. One suggestion though... The end. I think you can afford to drop the home videocam "recording" text and white frame. It's obvious and should work without it.

March 6th, 2004, 03:56 PM	#11
Jonathan Pike New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 17	I'm currently out of bandwith, so if you want to watch you can either try one of the mirrors here: http://www.sundevilpictures.com/farce.htm or watch a lower qual version on Ifilm here: http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2533744 Thanks again :)

March 7th, 2004, 02:53 AM	#13
Graham Bernard Old Boot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London UK Posts: 3,633	LOL! BIG TIME!!!! Tooo Bl@@DY G@@D! !! ! I loved the Soviet "hitting" the side of the monitor to make it work . . AHAHAH LOL!! . . Very funny .. and the sound that came out of the speaker as he hit it . . GREAT! . . A lot of detail .. . intelligently thought out . .excellent . . FAB twist at the end! .. Sequel? ? ? ? Grazie

March 7th, 2004, 02:19 PM	#14
Seth Peterson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 57	Thanks again everyone for watching. If you like it, pass it on to a friend. My partner and I really appreciate it. __________________ Seth Peterson www.sundevilpictures.com

March 8th, 2004, 06:12 AM	#15
Neboysha Nenadich Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: serbia Posts: 50	I loved the film, keep on rockin'... :) only critic from me is that the overall rhythm of the movie is a little bit slow (for my taste)... cheers ;)